Schools compete in reading competition
Teams from three Greene County school districts participated in the Greene County Reading Competition May 15 at Waynesburg University.
To prepare for the competition, elementary and middle school students read and discussed 20 assigned books while high school students read 24 books. At the competition, students were quizzed on all books. Students from Central Greene, West Greene and Jefferson-Morgan School Districts competed in the elementary, middle and high school categories.
Elite Readers from Graysville Elementary won first place in the elementary level. Team members were Brock Bedilion, Ben Jackson, Kylie Simms, Gavin Scott, Marshall Whipkey, Jacoy Griffiths, Amber Finch, Austin Crouse and Hunter Guthrie.
Margaret Bell Miller Middle School’s “Brainstorm” team, consisting of Will Behm, Claire Kreider, Amber Warren, Caleb Blair, Ben Bumgarner, Nathan Price, Eden Rogers and Brooke Meek, won first place and the “Reading Raptors” team, made up of Makayla Rogers, Jesse Hampson, Rachel Hutton, Calvin Rogers, Madeline McCarty, Elizabeth Morrow, Holly Grainger, Lydia Oddo and Catherine Thompson won second place. MBM teams were coached by Diane Cossick and Alice Matis.
Waynesburg Central High School entered one team, the “Reading Raiders (R2)” in the competition. The R2 team members, who earned a first-place finish in the high school category, included Matthew Desrosiers, Jessica Cain, Bailey Hawk and Devin Mowry. The WCHS team was coached by Catherine Carter.
The reading competition fosters a love of reading, broadens horizons and deepens understanding of books read.